Foster Lodge Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 4 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Michael is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1988. Tombstone.
Foster Lodge Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 4 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Michael
- WRENN ID
- waning-pewter-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wiltshire
- Constituency
- East Wiltshire MP: Danny Kruger (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1988
- Type
- Tombstone
- OS grid reference
- SU 134 397
- Coordinates
- 51.15722, -1.80858
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Foster Lodge monument is a tombstone located in the churchyard of the Church of St Michael, approximately 4 meters south of the chancel. It was created in 1927 by the artist Eric Gill and is made of limestone. The tomb features a steeply ridged design with a ridge roll and low sides that have spaced round recesses. Each end of the tomb has a roundel, with a cross carved on the west side and an owl perched on a branch on the east side. The sloping sides are adorned with finely carved inscriptions commemorating Wynlaye Foster Lodge, who died in 1922, and Oliver Foster Lodge, a poet and son of Sir Oliver Lodge, whose inscription was added in 1955.
Local climate
Foster Lodge Monument in Churchyard, Approximately 4 Metres South of Chancel, Church of St Michael receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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